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Pleasure Quotes
"The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself."
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"Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in."
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"The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust."
22
"A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke."
22
"Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable."
21
"There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still."
17
"Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable."
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"Some loves are like a vice that has ceased to give pleasure."
13
"What leads to unhappiness, is making pleasure the chief aim."
12
"The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading."
11
"I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working."
11
"The essence of pleasure is spontaneity."
11
"Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly."
11
"Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour."
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"Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare."
10
"The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need."
10
"Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market; or the precipice."
9
"The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor."
9
"Writing is self-pleasure."
9
"I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky."
9
"No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure."
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"I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure."
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